Subject Sensitive Invariantism and Epistemic Contextualism

Subject Areas : Philosophy

احمدرضا  همتی مقدم ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2010-08-03 Accepted : 2010-11-25 Published : 2009-09-23

Keywords: epistemic contextualism, subjective sensitive invariant, knowledge attributers,

Abstract :

Epistemic contextualism is a view in epistemology that the semanticcontents of knowledge-attributing sentences vary relative to thecontexts of knowledge attributers. Traditionally, epistemologists regardthe semantic content of knowledge sentences as invariable acrosscontexts. This traditional prevailing view is famous to “invariantism.”According to Subjective sensitive invariantism (SSI), the truthconditions of knowledge attributers are constant in different contexts,but truth values of them vary relative to the contexts of knowledgeattributers. Recently, Stephen Shaffer, a proponent of epistemiccontextualism, has criticized SSI. In this article, after defending of SSIin contrast of Shaffer’s arguments, I argue his arguments are unsound.